Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-12-08

but useful for night playing. The belts have
a mnsic holder In the rear that resembles
a soldiers ammunition box. The boys are
making rapid progress in their practice and
will soon be able to perform the most Diff
fcult music.
It is the expressed intention OF Broad
water. Mcnamara & Co. to build large
81 pre- house at Sandy Station next spring.
and conduct "a receiving and forwarding
business. 1t will prove a paying invest
ment. rs the great bulk Of freight coming in
and going out Of this county will he shipped
over the Manitoba route from the opening
Of spring until railroad enters the great
Judith Basin.
Henry Gottschlag has rented n. Jensens
building and will open a first-class restau-
rant. lie will be ready to cater to the
public tomorrow evening. The proprietor
10 frst-clsss cook and ba ker and will aim
to set up "a meal unsurpassed in metro
politan restaurants. Fresh oysters served
to order. His place will be known as the
Lewistown restaurant. and is located next
to Jensen's hall. Give him "a trial.
Posey Elston and Lige Clark from the
Judith Basin came in on the stage day or
~ ago and went east for visit. Mr..
Clark is a member of the firm Of Cook &
Clark, sheep growers, and the efficient man
ager of the business, aud is going to spend
the winter at his old home in Maine. Mr..
Eston is n large horse owner aud it IL
rnmored that although his stay in the East
wilt not be long, he will return with bride
a young lady well and favorably known in
| the Judith country Gazette.
Broadwater, Mcnamara & Co. have let a
contract to Sandy Cunningham for the
grading Of the road on the Judith Landing
hill. The survey where the work IN to he
done makes the grade but 22 feet To the
hundred. whereas the grade Of the present
rond is from 35 to 10 feet to the hundred.
Mr.. Mcnamara is If the opinion that an
expenditure of 5000 on this hill will make
| "A road over which heavy freight teams will
experience no trouble in hauling. II such
il the ease our county can we'll afford to
assIst In the premises as good road at
that point is greatly needed and will prove
OF inestimable value to Fergus county citi-
gems ia general
Chas. Koontz and samuel Phillips. ol
upper Spring Creek. had AN alteration last
Thursday ov-r II bill the former claimed
due him from the latter. Mr.. Phillips was
at work on his ranch with Il pitchiork when
koonts approached him for payment OF hir
bill. Hot words resulted in Kocntz pulling
"a revolver and firing il AT Phillips, who,
though but three yards away, escaped
injury other than the burning of his face
by powder. Phillips swore OFT com
plant Tuesday. before Justice Toonibs, on
a charge OF assault with deadly weapon
Trial was set for to-day. From such in
FORMATION rs we are in possession of, it il
hut reasonable to presume that Koont;
I will be bound over 70 await the action o
the sra'vi jury.
A petition for n tri.weekly mail servc,
from Sandy Station, on the Manit oba Ry.
to Maiden has been extensively circulated
and forwarded to Washington, with gooo
prospects OF the route being established
There is need Of such line. The grea
majority OF settlers in the country through
which the route would pa-s, AT present r.
ccive their eastern mail via the Junction d
Maiden aud Billings & Maiden stage routes
which, under existing conditions, nscessi
tates ~ lay-ov-r at Maiden for the week.,
coach plying bet tween there and Juditl
Landing, thus being from ten to twelv'
days in transit; whereas by the contem
plated service mail from st. Paul will reacl
all points between Sandy and Maiden il
from three to four days. This route,
esta blished. will also prove desire,
auxiliary to the present mail facilities o
the Judith Basin. as it will open anothe
avenue Of communication with the nortl
aud east.
On Monday morning Rev. j. Bowman, a
this city received dispatch stating tina
his brother, Charles y. Bowman, ofCorrey
Pennsylvania, was dead. Not being in yer,
good health he found it impossible to be II
his brothers funeral. The deceased ha
been for several years past numbered wit
the best lawyers in that part Of the stat.
Twice he was elected to serve in the legis
lature. lie was also delegate to the con
vention which Used the state constitution
in 1879. Politically he was identified wit
the republican party since it's origin. II
was sixty one years old last March. A wife
four children toget her with u host ofiriend
mourn his departure. No particulars OF hi
sickness have yet been rcceivesi-t'edar Falls
Iowa) Times. Chas. o. Bowman, WAS
leading lawyer vi Pennsylvania, and one q
the counsel on the Triton Beccher trial
appearing for the defense. lie wasa brothe
OF b. II. Bowman, Of this place, who feel
his death keenly.
: There is some talk OF an cffor. bein
made to get a tri.weekly mail line estai
| lished between Lewistown and Stanfur,
for more direct communication with Grea
Falls, Fl. Benton, Helena and the East
To reach points on the Manitoba, peopl
of this section have to travel in a circl
aud go at least forty miles out OF thei
, way under the present stage facilities
The new line will take the most direct rout
to Stanford, probably following the sprinl
creek valley down to the Judith as near II,
practicable. This line would be a grea
convenience to parties who desire to visi
the Future Great" Helena, or Benton
To parties going East il would save
nights tagging. Under the head The New
Stage Line found elsewhere, il will b
eeen that Great Falls has become tn